I’m really interested what others think about this celebrity adoption trend. Starts are adopting from different countries and cultures, and almost non of the children will learn anything about their origins and traditions. Of course, in some cases they will, e.g. the Jolie-Pitts celebrate every important occasions /they have adopted babies from Cambodia, Vietnam and Ethiopia if I know well/ of the countries they adopted from. I think they do it right. I’m personally not against this celebrity adoption, as rich and famous give a better life to these orphans. Now, what are your thoughts?

Please include as many details as possible, some suggestions are, Child Psychology, Behaviour Issues, Development, Expectations. I want to write a book that helps parents to just be themselves when tackling parenthood.

I’m born in Illinois and adopted. Illinois is one of very few states that will not allow adoptee’s the right to their adoption records. To get help from a geneological society I have to be able to tell them my parents names, which I can’t get without my adoption record.

I am researching a paper for a religious diversity class. My topic is “Religion’s influence on the decision to parent vs. relinquish for adoption in cases of unplanned pregnancy.” I am hoping to get a well rounded set of responses representing many different religious views. Please provide whatever background is necessary to illuminate this topic.

how often do pregnant women get approached about giving their babies up for adoption? Im not talking about women who are at an adoption agency, but women who are at the market or a retail store etc. just out of the blue.

We have been trying to get pregnant since last june.This month I had some strange spotting around the time I think I ovulated and it lasted for seven days. Also we had sex around that same time. The last two periods have been 35 day cycles. Now it is 35 days and I still have not got a period. When should I start to wonder about pregnancy should i wait a few days? I took some early response pregnancy tests and they were negative but i didn’t use my FMU. What are my chances of being pregnant?

friends from Japan, France, Britain, The USA and China! I need your help, i am making a research about ‘Parenting’ in different countries. Could you write a little about parenting and the role of mother in your country?

Seems a bit too out there for me, I feel sorry for the children. How do the parents go about driving a car or even being in a car, would they use a child seat or what?

I’ve met a few fathers over the years who have serious sadness about losing a child to adoption, but usually it’s mothers who read and post on sites such as this. Wondering why that is?

1. If you have more than one child, of different genders, do you treat your kids the same? Do you allow one to get away with more based on their gender?
2. Is it ever okay for a parent to knowingly treat their children differently based on gender?
3. Random parenting question: At what age should children learn how to read?